Starlight Express Chords
Starlight Express by Andrew Lloyd Webber is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Eb. It uses the chords Eb, Fm/Eb, Bb/Eb, Ab/Eb, Ab/Bb, Ab, Gm, Fm and Fm7/Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
Eb Fm/Eb Bb/Eb
Ab/Eb Eb
Fm/Eb Eb
Ab/Eb Ab/Bb Eb
Verse 1:
Eb
When your good nights have been said
And you're lying in bed
Ab
With the covers pulled up tight
Eb
And though you count every sheep
You get the feeling that sleep
Ab
Is going to stay away tonight.
Gm Fm
That's when you hear it coming
Gm Fm
That's when you hear the humming of the
Eb Fm/Eb Bb/Eb
Starlight Express, Starlight Express,
Ab/Eb Eb
Are you real, yes or no?
Fm/Eb Eb
Starlight Express, answer me yes.
Ab Ab/Bb Eb
I don't want you to go.
Verse 2:
Eb
Want you to take me away
But bring me home before daylight
Ab
And in the time between
Eb
Take me to everywhere
But don't abandon me there
Ab
Just want to say I've been.
Gm Fm
I believe in you completely
Gm Fm
Though I may be dreaming sweetly
Eb
I can hear the train
Ab/Eb Eb
Here again
Fm Gm Ab
Can't explain that midnight train
Fm Fm7/Bb
That midnight train
Eb Fm/Eb Bb/Eb
Starlight Express, Starlight Express,
Ab/Eb Eb
Are you real, yes or no?
Fm/Eb Eb
Starlight Express, answer me yes.
Ab Ab/Bb Eb
I don't want you to go.
Bridge:
Ab Eb
And if you're there
Ab Eb
And if you know
Fm Gm
Then show me which way
Ab Fm7/Bb
I should go.
Eb Fm/Eb Bb/Eb
Starlight Express, Starlight Express,
Ab/Eb Eb
Are you real, yes or no?
Fm/Eb Eb
Starlight Express, answer me yes.
Ab Ab/Bb Eb
I don't want you to go.